Seoul Seeks Dialogue Over Industrial Complex

By

Alexander Martin

Updated April 11, 2013 6:51 a.m. ET

SEOUL—South Korea's point man on relations with North Korea called on Pyongyang to sit at the negotiating table to break a stalemate over a joint-venture industrial complex that has become a key flashpoint between the countries.

"Suspending operations at the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a symbol of reconciliation and cooperation between South and North Korea, doesn't help our nation's future," Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae told reporters Thursday. "Normalization of the complex needs to be done through...